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דּוּדַי H1736
H1736 is the Hebrew word דּוּדַי, transliterated dûwday and said doo-dah'-ee. The King James Version most often renders it mandrakes.
What it means
a boiler or basket; also the mandrake (as an aphrodisiac).
Where it comes from
from H1731 (דּוּד).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 5 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: basket, mandrake.
Verses using דּוּדַי
All 5 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 30:14 · KJV
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.
Genesis 30:15 · KJV
And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.
Genesis 30:16 · KJV
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
Song of Solomon 7:13 · KJV
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
Jeremiah 24:1 · KJV
The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1736 mean?
H1736 is the Hebrew word דּוּדַי (dûwday), meaning a boiler or basket; also the mandrake (as an aphrodisiac).
How is H1736 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it mandrakes (4 times), baskets (1 time).
How many times does H1736 appear in the Bible?
דּוּדַי (dûwday) is tagged in 5 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1736 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1731 (דּוּד).
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